LAST AUTO NEWS – ULTIMATE SL HAS VEYRON IN SIGHT!
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Here’s how you do it, ‘sson! German tuner Carlsson has formed its abracadabra on Mercedes’ SL600 – but instead of abacus a bodykit and uprating the engine, it has appear up with its own supercar, badged the C25, which will be apparent at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
Although the SL600 is a almighty starting point, a agent for Carlsson said the similarities amid the C25 and the donor car accept been kept to a minimum. â??Only the windscreen, ancillary windows and A-pillars are original,â? he told us. â??The blow of the exoteric is done absolutely by us.â?
A anchored roof replaces the SL’s folding hard-top, to accord added torsional rigidity. And every bulge and carve has been agilely sketched, modelled and bogus centralized to ensure the C25 looks as if it’s affective bound even if it’s at a standstill.
This car is about abundant added than ultra-aggressive bodywork, though. Under the skin, there’s abundant firepower to leave annihilation abbreviate of a Bugatti Veyron trailing. The SL600′s AMG-built 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 powerplant has been remapped to accord 743bhp and an electronically bound 1,150Nm of torque.
That’s 233bhp and 320Nm appropriately added than the approved model, and abundant for a 0-62mph dart time of 3.7 seconds. Top acceleration is 219mph – alone a few mph abaft the Ferrari Enzo.
Despite its huge potential, Carlsson claims the C25 is accommodating abundant to use every day. And what’s more, it can be serviced at your bounded Mercedes dealer.
But you’ll charge abysmal pockets and a allotment of luck to get your easily on one. Alone 25 examples will be congenital – one allocated to anniversary country in which Carlsson trades – with a amount tag of about £430,000
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